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Auction: 15003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 32

South Africa 1834-53 (Major David Forbes, 91st. Regt.), nearly extremely fine

Colonel David Forbes, born Aberdeen, April 1808; Commissioned Ensign, 91st Foot, October 1829; promoted Lieutenant, November 1832; Captain, July 1835; served with the Regiment in South Africa, July 1840 to October 1844; promoted Major, April 1846; served again with the Regiment in South Africa, May 1847 to December 1853, during the Second and Third Kaffir Wars; four times Mentioned in Despatches, and appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, May 1853; on one occasion during the campaign a force of 200 men of the 91st under Major Forbes was engaged across the Kei, and striking through the territory of Chief Kreli succeeded in capturing 2,200 cattle and 50 horses; retired with the rank of Colonel, June 1855; died St. Boswells, January 1885.

Provenance: Glendining, December 1990

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